M. A. Khavanskaya
Price: 50 руб.
The intention of the article is to emphasise the importance of background knowledge
in modern education. Special attention is given to the fact that background knowledge
is an integral part of sociocultural competence that is a component of communicative
competence. Based on the analysis of scientifi c literature and authentic English fairy-
tales, the author introduces a classifi cation of background knowledge.
Key words: background knowledge, competence, sociocultural communicative
competence, lexical gap, cross-cultural communication.
References
1. Azimov E. G., Shchukin A. N. Novyi slovar’ metodicheskikh terminov i ponyatiy (teoriya i praktika obucheniya yazykam). M.: Izd-vo IKAR, 2009. 448 s.
2. Akhmanova O. S. Slovar’ lingvisticheskikh terminov. M., 1969.
3. Vinogradov V. S. Leksicheskie voprosy perevoda khudozhestvennoy prozy. M., 1978.
4. Morkovina I. Yu. Kul’turnye faktory i ponimanie khudozhestvennogo teksta // Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR. Seriya literatury i yazyka. 1984. № 1.
5. Jacobs Joseph. English Fairy tales, 2009.
6. Lee Steve. How the koala learnt to hug and other Australian fairy tales, 2009.
7. Mathews John. Classic Celtic Faity Tales, 1997.
8. Moorey Teresa. The fairy bible. Sterling Publishing. New York, 2008.
